Dataflow PipelineException: The evaluation reached the allowed cache entry size limit. Try increasin

[webportal]

My dataflow is retrieving data from Azure blobs.

It is returning the error upon refresh:

PipelineException: The evaluation reached the allowed cache entry size limit. Try increasing the allowed cache size. 

When copying and pasting the code into Power BI Desktop (Power Query), it all goes fine.

How can I fix this?

Thank You!

[webportal]

@v-yangliu-msft 

Thank you. The dataset is completely validated in Power BI Desktop, and the cache size has also been adjusted in Power BI Desktop.

The error refers to Power BI Service Dataflow (ie, before the data is read by Desktop).

[Glaucia_O]

Hi, I'm having the same issue when trying to refresh a Power BI Service Dataflow. Were you able to find a fix for this error? Thanks

[v-yangliu-msft]

Hi  @webportal  ,

Try to increase the Maximum allowed (MB).

Cache Size for Power BI Desktop

It's good practice that before you schedule the report, you validate the complete dataset. One additional help for this, especially in the cases of larger datasets retrieved from the API, is to increase the cache limits. This increase can improve PowerBI's performance and stability. To configure this:

1. Click Settings->Options->Global->Data Load to expose the "Data Cache Management Options".
2. Try increasing the Maximum allowed (MB):to 16000 (or about double what the current setting is).

Best Regards,

Liu Yang

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[callcenterH3lp]

I'm getting this and went up to 100000 MB as a test. It works on older versions of power bi desktop, but i can't get it to work on the Dec 2022 or Feb 2023 versions. I get this same message on all my larger tables.